Oxygenesis

Out there - early In the - morning grey Thick and - heavy A woven - cloak The fog - has cleared Bright - white light Hurting - your eyes Warming - your soul The forest takes a breath of thrice times thirty days The ocean breaks its waves In twice as many ways The cycle begins again You greet your wrath Your flame burns hot You open the knot You see your path The cycle begins again Your heart is full Your eyes are clear You have no fear You feel the pull The cycle begins again You’ve shedd your skin Your knife shines chrome You left your home You’ve found new kin The cycle begins again The seed that remains under the shadow of the tree that spawned it will never receive the light it needs to grow It must uproot itself, a new endeavor 8 seconds 8 million years A promise Of possibility 8 seconds 8 million years Aspirations Of abundance

Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026

Give me rapture, (that) quiet expanse of sand, (the) gleam of water In the distance No more purpose, Nothing left to prove, Mere existence In the darkness Salt-spilling and Soul-sore Once there were many Now, there's only one Yearnin to spend These solitary Hours there, in the Quiet dark, Feeling the only Moments of peace I could find in my Ravaged soul Crusteacean Colossus Walks onwards Evermore For so long I Carried the weight Of an ocean On my mind My claws, Limbs and legs Heavy with memory Of eons long lost Salt-spilling and Soul-sore I Once there were many Now, there's only one Witnessed vast coral Reefs decay, vanish Just to bloom Later again Entire species Go suddenly ex- -tinct. Their habitat Filled anew Crusteacean Colossus Walks onwards Evermore Death - for ages - Has been a Long time coming Crawling Suffering Til the end of Time itself Crusteacean Colossus Walks onwards Evermore Crusteacean Colossus Walks onwards Nevermore

Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026

Down down Into the rabbit hole Down Through the tunnels Into the underdark Down down The river flows Down Through the sediments Into the under current Darkness breeds life of a different kind And yet, and yet Darkness bleeds life of a different kind Flame follows air. Air’s the food of fire and fire is always hungry. Oxygen consumed Until there's nothing left Fundamental - unshakeable Fear is just a wall we need to tear it down all flames are fleeting Death is just a door We need to follow through To reach the end of the journey Burning breath Burning all down Promise kept Inhale gave motion prophecy fulfilled Exhale brings cessation facing The inevitable embracing The inescapable

Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026